What happened?!

[via Neon Polish]

Where has 2009 gone? That's what I'm wondering.

Happy Halloweeeeen.

Runway Halloween fashion.

Me as a more down to earth riding hood at my desk. With a really strange look on my face for some reason, I look like I tasted something gross.

Have a wonderful weekend, I'll have better pictures at some point. :)

Ps. Look! P90X is now mainstream enough to be a Halloween costume. Although this guy doesn't look like he's even thought about starting the program yet...

A thoughtful mug.

[via Smitten]

This & That.

I had so much fun hanging out with Naomi's fam on Friday night / Saturday, we had so much good food and they were so amazing to include me in their time together...here is the product of too much fun at Malibu's best Thai restaurant (and my fav) Cholada along with my P90X-ident. Courtesy of Ms. Nathalie Con. (Carrot, by the way.)

[via The Bedroom Pantry]

Not much going on this week, I've been fighting a cold so I've been laying low. I've been learning how to knit thanks to Naomi the craft-mistress, and although all I am working on currently is a scarf, this is my ultimate dream.
[via Design Sponge]

Someday...

Win!

I won a blog giveaway!

It's kind of the family / friends joke that I am rather unlucky (shingles in college at age 20, random parking / towing mishaps, strange infections, etc.) but I entered a giveaway at one of my favorite blogs, i am a greedy girl, and was informed today that I won this print from Bread & Butter's Etsy shop. How my luck has changed. ;)

[Post Consumption Anxiety Print]


Also, check out these cocktail napkins from their site. So great, the font is perfect.

smile.

Here are a few things that are making me smile this fine Wednesday.

smile.

Fall fashion--don't get me wrong, I LOVE summer, but looking at magazines/what's in this fall has been particularly fun...and I got the best black booties as an early birthday gift so now I'm just dreaming of fall things to wear them with...oh gee. Here is something perfect at a perfect price.

Ballerina! Thanks Forever 21. For selling (mostly) cute things at affordable prices...now if we could just work on the holes in your clothes, that would be great. Thank you.

smile.

[Doesn't this just melt your heart? I've never had a white cat, it looks like a bunny though! Awww!]


smile.
I saw these earrings on luckymag.com - they're from stars + infinite darkness, which I just discovered has a whole bunch of cool jewelry. Nice.


smile.
Brett's Survivor premiere is tomorrow! Soooo excited, I think we've all been waiting for this for quite awhile.

smile.
You can kind of see my new haircut in the top photo, sort of. This was one of our bargain frame purchases at the flea on Sunday. Seriously, such a steal. Naomi and I were quite the bargaining duo. I even helped her negotiate a handbag lower by telling the guy that Naomi is "really really nice." (Which she is of course, but he needed to know that.)

Pictures courtesy of Naomi's blog.

:)

Look what I found.

Now you know what team I'm on.

[fredflare.com]

Happy Friday!

Time Travel

Naomi, Jackie and I in the...20's? ...not entirely sure on the decade. I hope you have as much fun this weekend as these three lovely ladies in their fantastic bathing costumes.

The boys are back in town! (and that song now stuck in my head...) Friends being back makes this weekend so incredibly appealing. I'm looking forward to relaxing, catching up and reuniting, sunning myself and barbeque-ing. Maybe a margarita or two... :)

Oh and my new collage / latest "art" endeavor is finished! A picture or two soon.

Four new friends.

Meet my new friends! Mourning the loss of my wonderful beta fish, Davy Jones, I ended up giving my iPhone the name "Davy Jones" as I was registering it online at Apple. Needless to say, Naomi and Jackie saw this as a sad cry for help. They surprised me with four goldfish!

I have to say, they're absolutely addicting to watch, they're so strange and lively. I've named two of them so far - Tupac and Captain Jack (Sparrow). If any good fish names come into mind, you know who to call.

:)

Creative Analogies 101: Rap and US International Relations

Jay-Z vs the Game: Lessons for the American Primacy Debate

This Slate article was great! An article on the parallels between the hegemon vs. smaller powers in rap [i.e. Jay-Z the "great power" vs. other smaller challengers like The Game] compared to the United States' position in international relations. I loved that class. Sounds like a stretch but...it wasn't really.


In a line of [slightly] less intellectual thought... :)

Friday I'm in love!

Happy Friday! Making it to the weekend, almost all in one piece. Other than being unbelievably sore from starting P90X with Naomi and Jackie. It's literally kicking our asses. In a good way.

Here is an infomercial that someone sent to me at work...quite possibly the worst infomercial ever created. Apparently this product was also pulled off of retail shelves because it was seen as racist. Can you guess why... haha so ridiculous.
Enjoy!

Short [WO]MAN Syndrome?

http://www.slate.com/id/2221843/

Additionally:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/humannature/archive/2009/06/30/cosmetic-leg-breaking.aspx

I read this article on my fav Slate blog, Human Nature, and, as a person who is even shorter than the woman in the article, I find her arguments as to why she needed such extreme leg stretching surgery extremely thin and weak. Is she that insecure and does she have that much self-loathing that she must let society dictate how tall she should be?

And, as far as being taken seriously - professionally in particular - I too consider this and am quite aware of it as a 5'0" fresh college grad who wishes to prove herself. But, being extremely short encourages you to be that much more conscious of your professionalism, dress, work ethic, attitude, etc. and to ensure that your work is just that much more indicative of your intelligence and competence. Furthermore, your height is an intimate part of your identity if you are short, just as it is if you are extremely tall - while I get irritated when I can't reach the bowl in cupboard or a tall person is bearing down on me by standing too close and making me uncomfortable, my short stature is a integral part of who I am.

This woman did not go get her legs excruciatingly lengthened because the pressures of society were bearing down on her - rather, she does not have an adequate self-image that comes from within herself and her negative self-image alone. Society loves petite women! Look at Reese Witherspoon, the Olsen twins...I know these are actresses and it's different than the professional world but still, petite women are not somehow culturally banned from being successful.

This woman needs to take a good hard look in the mirror and address the fact that her desire to become taller - going to ridiculously extreme lengths to get there - came from within, not from society. Throw on a pair of heels and embrace your own unique person and personality.



Ps. Kitten pics and apartment project photos to come soon!

Artists & Appliances.

Big day. Such a big day...the King of Pop has died (Naomi and I appropriately rocked out to MJ while on our Craigslist adventure this evening)...the best Charlie's Angel...but there is even bigger news to be spread.

First, it has just been announced that TRACY CHAPMAN is coming to the Wiltern!

This is a life goal of mine to see / hear her live. We'll see how outrageous tickets are however, but so excited for the possibility. She is the best. That guitar, that voice. Tracy (and Naomi) have helped me realize today that I really do enjoy living in an area where you can see any artist you like play eventually. A definite benefit to living in the sprawling metropolis that is LA. Gimme one reason to stay here...


Second...we FINALLY got a microwave! Now, this would normally not be that thrilling except that we have been completely burned by 3 other microwave sellers who do not seem to understand basic Craigslist etiquette. So, no joke, we met up with a very bubbly nice young woman...in a 7-Eleven parking lot in Hollywood. So strange. It felt like a drug hand-off...giving her cash, stashing our new RED microwave in the back of my car...such a steal. :) Gotta love Craigslist.
Isn't it sexy? So stoked to be able to make POPCORN. My everlasting love.
Haha...so dumb. I'm tired, time for bed.

Good night and good luck.

Mini-everything.

So Jess showed me this funny (but also thought-provoking) article on Slate's Human Nature blog that I like alot. Has to do with minicows...you should just read the rest...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/humannature/archive/2009/06/19/minicows.aspx

Most important to point out in this article is that...

"Blessed are the short, for they shall inherit the earth."

Just quoting. ;)